HOW IT ALL BEGAN
“I always liked to draw and paint. Although I never abandoned painting and drawing, professional life took me down different paths. I married very young, started a family. I have two daughters and for a long time I divided my life between work and my family, but I was missing something. Gradually I resumed painting, but only in 1993 was I able to dedicate myself to my development, to my mission, which is art.”
ABOUT LUCIA
Born in Belo Horizonte in 1944. She studied Literature (UFMG), Interior Decoration (Fundação Mineira de Arte), graduated in French Language and Literature (French Alliance of Belo Horizonte). Self-taught in the technique of oil painting. She has been exhibiting her paintings since 1983. She has lived in Santa Rita do Passa Quatro (SP) since 2005.
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS + 40
Including five in the United States (Dalton and Athens, GA, and Key Biscayne, FL), 28 in São Paulo, four in Minas Gerais, one in Rio de Janeiro and two in Rio Grande do Sul.
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS + 170
Including 40 abroad: United States (Dalton and Griffin-GA, New York-NY, Los Angeles and Laguna Beach-CA and Phoenix -AZ, Israel (Tel Aviv), France (Paris, Marseille, Gers-in Gascogne, Lourmarin , Nice, Laval), Switzerland (Morges), Spain (Figueiras), Canada (Quebec), Uruguay (Montevideo), Netherlands (Amsterdan and Rotterdan), Morocco (Casablanca and Rabatt Taiwan (Taipe), Austria (Salzburg). : São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre, Curitiba, S. J. do Rio Preto, Piracicaba, Campinas, Santa Rita do Passa Quatro, Embu das Artes, Santos, Angra dos Reis.
AWARDS
- Public Audience Award (Switzerland)
- Gold Medals (RJ International Biennial and RJ Visual Arts Converging Exhibition),
- Bronze Medals (Pararealist Salon of Plastic Arts and National Salon of Plastic Arts-São Paulo)
- National Hall of the Assoc. of Artists
- International Palette Medals Brazil/Far East (Taiwan) and Brazil/Morocco (Morocco)
SPECIAL PROJECTS
- Art Education Program (College of Education – West Georgia University, USA)
- Workshops at 10 public schools in Whitfield County – Georgia (2003) and at Bright School in Chattanooga (Tennessee- USA- 2003)
- Collaboration with Dr. Cristine Goldberg on a Georgia Department of Education International Fellowship: Brazilian Artists in the State of Georgia Art Curriculum Grades 2nd through 5th. Teachers guides and videos distributed to all elementary schools in six North Georgia counties. (1993 – 1994)
- Calendars (Basf, Accor do Brasil, Livraria Cultura, Fertibrás and others)
- Christmas Cards (Unicef, Accor do Brasil, Fertibrás, AACD and others)
- Reproduction of images in several Portuguese textbooks (Basic and Secondary Education)
- Banco Itaú checkbook cover (2000)
- Panel for Votorantin Celulose e Papel which was to be displayed on the New York Stock Exchange